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Factory: Wedgwood
Jasper, pale blue with white reliefs. Octagonal with reliefs on both sides. On the top, bottom, right and left edges there is a small hole. On one side is a procession of men and women moving towards a cylindrical altar on the right. On the other side there is a tree on the left, one seated, one kneeling, and two standing figures moving towards a male god or statue on the right.
History note: Unknown before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 2.3 cm
Width: 2.3 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Late 18th century
George III
Circa
1780
-
1800
Perhaps for a pendant
Reliefs
Accession number: MAR.C.29-1912
Primary reference Number: 11426
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Plaque" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11426 Accessed: 2023-06-01 18:03:23
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University of Cambridge}}
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